According to the polls, people in west Norfolk are more out than in when it comes to the EU referendum, but top Vote Leave campaigner Iain Duncan Smith got more than he bargained for when he went walkabouts in King's Lynn town centre.

The former cabinet minister was joined by North West Norfolk MP Sir Henry Bellingham and Toby Coke, the UKIP leader on Norfolk County Council, as they canvassed shoppers and handed out Vote Leave leaflets yesterday.

But Vote Remain campaigners gatecrached the party, and heckled the group.

As reported on Monday, East Anglia looks set to say no to our continued membership of the EU in tomorrow's referendum, with our survey putting Brexit 13.5pc points ahead.

But shoppers in King's Lynn were more divided on the issue.

One woman, who did not wish to be named, said: 'He tried to persuade me to vote out, but he did not succeed.'

Abdul Shahin, who runs the Spice Inn restaurant in London Road, Lynn, said: 'Just because some individuals want us to leave does not mean there's a reason to leave.

'Leaving the EU would not make us a better country. The US president warned us that for trade deals Britain would be at the back of the queue, should we leave.'

David Whitwell, from Long Sutton, said he was going to vote to leave.

He said: 'There are several reasons, mainly immigration. We don't want more immigrants in Long Sutton.'

Paul Cressington, from King's Lynn, said he was not going to vote, because he did not know enough about the arguments.

He said: 'It's just an emotional vote people are making, without knowing all the facts. It's like a playground squabble.'

Mr Duncan Smith said it was a once-in-a-generation chance to leave the EU, and added: 'Who governs us is the single issue here.'

But Vote Remain campaigner Jo Rust said it was a visit he was unlikely to forget.

She said: 'He could not expect to come to Lynn and just hear one side of the story. There is a strong Remain voice here.

'Those people who think that by leaving the EU, everything will go back to how it was before Britain joined in the 1970s are wrong. Our society and world has changed, and it won't go back to how it was before.'